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A gyimesi asszony hangszere
- Issue: 2005/6
- Starting page: 30
- Author: Endrődi Péter
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The hit cello. The instrument of the Gyimes women Basically this instrument looks like a cello hewn from a log with a chainsaw. It has three thick gut strings which are hit with a thick wooden stick and one not-as-thick string which is plucked with the other hand. In most cases the wives of the Gyimes traditional fiddlers play the hit cello. The fiddler usually tunes the hit cello for his wife. The strings are tuned to D, one or two octaves lower than the violin. The traditional Gyimes band has two members: a fiddler and a hit cello player. Article by Endrődi Péter